galiña
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
- galía (NE Galician)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galinha (“hen”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin gallīna (“hen”), from gallus (“rooster”). Cognate with Portuguese galinha and Spanish gallina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
galiña f (plural galiñas)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “galinna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “galiña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “galiña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “galiña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “galiña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese galinha and Spanish gallina and Kabuverdianu galinha.
The Portuguese word comes from Latin gallina.
Noun edit
galiña